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trasnoitar

[traz-noy-TAR]
verb
to stay up all night; to work through the night
1. to remain awake throughout the night; to spend the entire night doing something
The student had to stay up all night to finish the project.
O estudante teve que trasnoitar para terminar o projeto.
2. to work continuously from night into the next day without sleeping
The nurses trasnoited during the hospital emergency.
As enfermeiras trasnoitaram durante a emergência do hospital.
NYC Slang
pull an all-nighter
Synonyms
velarpassar a noite em branconão dormirficar acordado a noite toda
Antonyms
dormirdescansarrepousar

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
trasnoitar
commonly used in everyday speech
Portugal
trasnoitar
standard usage, slightly more formal than Brazilian
São Paulo
trasnoitar
common in urban contexts

Related Idioms & Phrases

passar a noite em branco
ficar acordado a noite toda
noitada
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